William
“What!?”
“You got rejected?”
“Wait...who rejected you?”
“See I told you he looked sad this morning.”
When I entered my homeroom class people immediately started asking me questions like where I was during breakfast and whatnot. I’m guessing I was visually disappointed with how Lily rejected my request so I did the only thing I could do: vent. That only made the questions multiply. Everyone wanted to know who rejected me but I really wasn’t in the mood. One of my temporary roommates, Jamal, tried to cheer me up.
“C’mon Wills. You can't just give up, right? If you like this girl you should go for it!”
“Uh Jamal, that not actually-”
“Don’t be shy,” Jamal hit me hard on the back and grinned, “It's nothing to be ashamed of!” Although he had the wrong idea about what I meant, Jamal was right. I needed to talk to Lily again and convince her to teach me. But how can I convince her? Maybe I should confess to everyone that I lied...No! I can't do that. That would ruin things. Wow. I am selfish. I didn’t blame Lily for not wanting to teach me. She had no reason to trust me.
In the middle of class, I felt someone tap my shoulder. It was one of the girls in my class whose name I hadn’t yet learned. She spoke in a whisper, “Hey William, is it true that Alexandra rejected you?” What?? Looking around I saw that it wasn’t just her that had this question. Everyone in the class was tentatively listening to our conversation while pretending to pay attention to the lecture. I sighed, “No, it wasn’t her. Why’d you think that?” The girl blushed at my words, “Oh, sorry. It’s just that some people saw you and Alexandra sitting together at lunch yesterday and, well, I just thought that it might have been her.” She quickly stopped talking when the teacher turned to face the class. Once he turned back to the black board she continued, “I guess it makes sense that she wasn’t the one who rejected you. After all, I’m pretty sure she likes you.”
“What!?”
Before I could stop myself, I shouted in the middle of class. Everyone was looking at me. “Is there a problem, Mr. Fallow?”
“No sir. I just remembered that I forgot something in my dorm.” My face was on fire from the embarrassment. Rumors in this school spread fast and I knew that. Who knew what could happen? By the end of the day, I could end up being the kid who shouted in the middle of class. My High School social life might as well be at an end. “Mr. Fallow please keep the outbursts to a minimum...preferably zero.”
“Yes sir.” I straightened my posture as I heard some of the girls around me giggling. Once I was sure that the teacher had dismissed the matter I turned back to the girl beside me, “Do you think that Alexandra likes me?”
“Yeah. I think you two would look great together. I mean you're both such promising fighters.” I think my hair stood on end when she called me a “promising fighter.” I mean I really can't fight, at least not like these kids can. What if Alexandra found out that I’m just a fake? Putting my worries aside I thought about what it would be like if things actually worked between Alexandra and I. We could become friends and may even start dating. If that happened the rest of my High School career would be amazing. Before I knew it the disappointment of that morning's encounter with Lily almost went away. Almost.
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